Dance

Reviews

Gala de Danza - Melissa Hamilton and Vsevolod Maievskyi in Caravaggio

Gala de Danza London

Quixotic Fusion

Central Hall Westminster

25–26 June 2025

Pete Townshend’s Quadrophenia, A Mod Ballet

Choreography Paul Roberts

Sadler’s Wells, Extended Play and Universal Music UK

Sadler’s Wells

24 June–13 July 2025

Sunny Side

Anna Holmes and Sam Ford

Northern Rascals

Dance City, Newcastle

18 June 2025

Next Generation Festival: Youth Company of the Finnish National Ballet

Julian Nicosia, Marco Goecke, Reeija Wäre

Youth Company of the Finnish National Ballet

Linbury Theatre, ROH

13 June 2025

Pulse

Isabela Coracy, Helga Paris Morales and Jacob Wye

Ballet Black

The Coronet

12–14 June 2025

KIZLAR

Ceyda Tanc

Ceyda Tanc Dance

Dance City, Newcastle

4 June 2025

Paris Fitzpatrick as Jimmy with his inner selves

Quadrophenia A Mod Ballet

Pete Townshend

Sadler's Wells, Extended Play and Universal Music UK

The Lyric, Theatre Royal Plymouth

28 May–1 June 2025

Ballet BC Artist Eduardo Jimenez Cabrera in Frontier by Crystal Pite

Ballet BC - Passing and Frontier

Johan Inger and Crystal Pite

Ballet BC

Newcastle Theatre Royal

27–28 May 2025

ALiCE

Jasmin Vardimon

Jasmin Vardimon Company

Sadler’s Wells

23–24 May 2025

Where We Meet

Clemence Debaig and Livia Massraelli

Unwired Dance Theatre

Proto, Gateshead

20–22 May 2025

Ballet BC Double Bill: Frontier / PASSING

Choreography by Crystal Pite, Johan Inger

Ballet BC presented by Dance Consortium

Sadler’s Wells

20–21 May 2025

Melancholy Dance Company in Og (Zero Gravity)

Kontemporary Korea – a double bill of K dance

Choi x Kang Project and Melancholy Dance Company

Festival of Korean Dance

Dance City, Newcastle

15 May 2025

Jane Eyre

Choreography, direction & scenario by Cathy Marston, music by Philip Feeney

Northern Ballet

Sadler's Wells

13–17 May 2025

Generation Blue - A Night with Boy Blue

Choreography Kenrick ‘H2O’ Sandy, music Michael ‘Mikey J’ Asante

Boy Blue

Barbican Theatre

10–11 May 2025

Sand

Sean Kempton and Michaela O’Connor

Kook Ensemble and Landmark Theatres

The Lowry, Salford

10 May 2025

Fool's Paradise: Akane Takada, William Bracewell and Liam Boswell

Ballet to Broadway: Wheeldon Works: Fool’s Paradise / The Two of Us / Us / An American in Paris

Choreography by Christopher Wheeldon, music by Joby Talbot, Joni Mitchell, Ke...

The Royal Ballet

Royal Ballet & Opera

9–27 May 2025

BRB2, Carlos Acosta's Ballet Celebration; Diaghilev and the birth of modern ballet

Fokine, Nijinska

BRB2

Sadlers Wells East

9–10 May 2025

Bring Your Own: Hop(e)storm / Weather is Sweet / Room with a View

Choreography by Marine Brutti, Jonathan Debrouwer and Arthur Harel

Rambert x (La)Horde

Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre

7–10 May 2025

Carlos Acosta’s Ballet Celebration: Diaghilev & the Birth of Modern Ballet

Choreography by Mikhail Fokine, Bronislava Nijinska, music by Chopin, Rimsky-...

BRB2 - Birmingham Royal Ballet

Birmingham Hippodrome

6 May 2025

Jane Eyre

Charlotte Brontë, choreography by Cathy Marston

Northern Ballet

Sheffield Lyceum

22–26 April 2025

(Centre) Jessica Fyfe as Elizabeth Proctor

The Crucible

Choreography Helen Pickett, music Peter Salem, based on The Crucible by Arthu...

Scottish Ballet

Festival Theatre Edinburgh

17 April–3 May 2025

The Forsythe Programme: Rearray (London Edition 2025) / Herman Schmerman (Quintet) / Playlist (EP)

Choreography by William Forsythe

Sadler’s Wells

10–19 April 2025

Cinderella

Choreographer Sir David Bintley; composer Sergei Prokofiev

Birmingham Royal Ballet

The Lyric, Theatre Royal Plymouth

9–12 April 2025

International Draft Works 2025

Dutch National Ballet, Northern Ballet, Stuttgart Ballet, Royal Ballet, Jobur...

Linbury Theatre, Royal Ballet & Opera

9–10 April 2025

Here & Now: Bates Beats / Moonbend / Of Silence / Liquid Life

Choreography Andrew McNicol

McNicol Ballet Collective

Royal Academy of Music, London

5 April 2025

Kylie Jenner’s Private Jet

Pagan Hunt and Ellie Trow

Pelican Theatre

Dance City, Newcastle

3 April 2025

News

Applications open for Emma Gladstone Award

26 June 2025

This new award provides dance producers with £7,000 support towards international travel and related costs.

Kirsten McNally (Ariadne) and Tommy Franzen (Dionysus) in Minotaur

National Dance Awards 25th anniversary winners

26 June 2025

The winners of the 2024 National Dance Awards were announced at a ceremony at the Barbican Centre.

Linden to dance around the UK with Caged

14 June 2025

Birmingham-based Linden Dance Company is to take its new outdoor production Caged to various locations around the UK in summer 2025.

Elmhurst presents Voices & Virtues

14 June 2025

Elmhurst Ballet School will present a series of shows following its centenary and 20-year anniversary of its relocation to Birmingham.

100 secondary schools will Step Live

14 June 2025

On 1 July 2025, over a hundred London secondary school students will take part in The Royal Academy of Dance's Step Live 2025.

Orchestra of ROH opens mentorship applications

11 June 2025

The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House's Overture mentorship programme is a collaboration with Black Lives in Music and the National Open Youth Orchestra.

Spring into summer with Ballet Nights 008

22 May 2025

Ballet Nights promises another line-up of ballet, contemporary dance and live music at London’s Cadogan Hall.

Alleyne sisters are next NYDC Guest Artistic Directors

21 May 2025

Sadé and Kristina Alleyne have been appointed the next Guest Artistic Directors of National Youth Dance Company for 2025–26.

New English Ballet Theatre at USA dance festival

21 May 2025

Newport Dance Festival will take place at The Great Friends Meeting House, Rhode Island in July 2025.

ENB dances for Dementia

16 May 2025

English National Ballet is to expand its Dance for Dementia programme throughout Lewisham and Tower Hamlets in Dementia Action Week.

Andrea Riolo and Ixan Llorca dancing Scheherazade pas de deux

New dance production unveiled at Birmingham Pride

14 May 2025

Birmingham Royal Ballet is to present a new dance production, El amor es amor, at the 2025 Birmingham Pride.

Robin Windsor, in a publicity shot for his retirement concert in 2018

New award to highlight benefits of dance on mental health

13 May 2025

Royal Academy of Dance and SANE have jointly launched a new award in memory of former Strictly star Robin Windsor.

Steve Batts, artistic director of Echo Echo Dance Theatre Company

Northern Ireland’s oldest dance company Echo Echo facing closure

11 May 2025

Loss of Arts Council funding threatens future of Derry-based company.

Gala de Danza festival's London première

4 May 2025

Gala de Danza, the international dance, music and art festival, will have its London première with three performances at Central Hall Westminster.

IJAD Dance launches OOTFest25 (UN)SEEN

23 April 2025

At Riverside Studios, London and online, there will be live hybrid performances, interactive installations and panel discussions on the intersections of emerging technology and performing arts.

Let's Dance 15th anniversary in Leicester

23 April 2025

Serendipity Institute for Black Arts and Heritage will present Leicester’s annual dance festival, Let’s Dance International Frontiers 2025.

Humans Move presents dance story across Wales

23 April 2025

Humans Move, a disabled-led dance theatre company, will present Let Life Dance across Wales this June.

Ballet Unveiled: Sculpting Strength and Vulnerability

15 April 2025

British-Albanian sculptor Andrian Melka's new exhibition explores "the duality of ballet dancers' strength and fragility".

15 years of Dance for Parkinson’s

11 April 2025

On World Parkinson’s Day, English National Ballet will celebrate 15 years of its Dance for Parkinson’s programme.